sooperkool
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Bruno = MJ(Off the Wall and before)
Weeknd = MJ(Post Thriller)
Weeknd = MJ(Post Thriller)
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Bruno Mars vs. the Weeknd: Who reminds you more of MJ?
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The Artisan
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poll has been added, everybody please cast your votes
thanks again thosedeafmutes
Puck Beaverton
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I'm surprised Weeknd isn't dead with how much he loves his drugs.
Anyway it's Bruno, although in terms of who is better it's Weeknd, even with Weeknd being super boring these days.
Anyway it's Bruno, although in terms of who is better it's Weeknd, even with Weeknd being super boring these days.
Funny enough I hate that cover so so much. The fact a rock band in Shaman's Harvest did a meh job and it was better than Weeknd's freaked me out
QuantumSquid
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what are your favorite weeknd songs?
False Alarm
The Zone
A Lonely Night
In The Night
Dark Times
The Morning
The Fall
Rolling Stone
Twenty Eight
If you said Weeknd that sentence would make much more sense
LookAtMeGo
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Everyone is a creep
QuantumSquid
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MetalGearZed
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yea
Zeus The Dino
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This shit should be in OP
he killed that cover
Puck Beaverton
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eh I heard The Weeknd is a pretty cool dude.
Two of the biggest pop stars in America and the world are B Tier?
The song that made me realize how much I enjoy The Weeknd
I'm listening to his mixtapes again and High for This was on when that was posted. Weeknd is creepy as hell in that song
In direct comparison to MJ?
By that metirc most pop artists not named Beyonce are B Tier.
That's the point.
Nah, she's B tier compared to him too.
Kuroi Gogeta
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Neither are close but I would say that The weeknd is more reminiscent of Prince while Bruno Mars is like MJ. Bruno mars has more range in the type of songs that he has. It doesn't really seem like mars has a specific template that he uses with each album.
'I feel it coming' sounds like Weeknd is a MJ tribute act. Bruno Mars is more authentic.
But let's be honest, nobody is ever going to be another MJ, in the same way that nobody is ever going to be another Freddie Mercury (even though Lambert does a good show). Some stars are just so insanely unique and talented that they can never be duplicated. And it wasn't just about their voices either.
But let's be honest, nobody is ever going to be another MJ, in the same way that nobody is ever going to be another Freddie Mercury (even though Lambert does a good show). Some stars are just so insanely unique and talented that they can never be duplicated. And it wasn't just about their voices either.
blame space
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MJ was cool. The Weeknd is cool. Bruno Mars is a cookie cutter mother fucker.
MisterGrey3000
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What?!
No way man.
It was more like Bruno's Prince/The Time (a.k.a Prince pretending to be a whole band on an entire album because he was a control freak who really liked writing and playing music) impression.
MJ rarely made tracks like Uptown Funk; that song is firmly planted in the subgenre of the "Minneapolis sound", a subgenre which was pioneered and perfected by Prince.
Bruno Mars has a voice reminiscent of MJ but his style is more like James Brown or even Prince, if anything Uptown Funk is closest to Jam on Dangerous.
The Weeknd is like MJ with his Invincible voice singing Thriller-era songs with modern production. Wanderlust, Can't Feel My Face, In the Night, A Lonely Night, I Feel It Coming. Starboy is like the MJ/Daft Punk collaboration I hoped for.
The Weeknd is like MJ with his Invincible voice singing Thriller-era songs with modern production. Wanderlust, Can't Feel My Face, In the Night, A Lonely Night, I Feel It Coming. Starboy is like the MJ/Daft Punk collaboration I hoped for.
Andrew Korenchkin
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My mom, a life-long Michael Jackson fan, says that Bruno's music reminds her a lot of MJ. Not so for the Weeknd.
Bruno for sure out of those two choices. He's not that great, but The Weeknd is overrated. Bruno at least has Uptown Funk and tries to entertain in his live performances. He was chosen for the Super Bowl for a reason.
Usher and Chris Brown were both great dancers in their heyday, but Usher has been downhill for years and Chris Brown is an abusive asshole. JT has been out of the music biz for too long (the Trolls song was shit and doesn't count). So right now, I don't think we really have an MJ successor.
Usher and Chris Brown were both great dancers in their heyday, but Usher has been downhill for years and Chris Brown is an abusive asshole. JT has been out of the music biz for too long (the Trolls song was shit and doesn't count). So right now, I don't think we really have an MJ successor.
20/20 Experience came out in 2013 and he's releasing a new album this year I believe...
Poor GRIMES
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Absolutely not.
Janet Jackson eclipsed her own damn brother musically for fucks sake. So, there's no way in hell that Beyoncé isn't in the same conversation in a post self-titled album world
TheWorthyEdge
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Bruno. Though I enjoy the Weeknd's music more.
SwipeLeftHoney
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Neither are even remotely close to MJ in musical style or talent.
Bruce Springsteen
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Chris Brown
highrider
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Love Janet, but no, just no. Not even close. And Beyoncé is not a dancer. Ciara, Janet Jackson, are dancers. Nothing about her dancing looks effortless. Vocally and song wise she's up there though.
Jest Chillin
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Neither of them are really like MJ fully. Bruno doesn't sound like MJ in anything I've heard. I could see maybe saying his performance energy is similar to MJ's on his dance tracks.
The Weeknd's voice is actually pretty close to MJ's and he can channel that MJ sound when he wants to because he likely grew up singing MJ constantly (similar is true of Timberlake I'd guess). But his content and the majority of his music is nothing like MJ's.
I voted The Weeknd simply because of the vocal similarities but put me in the camp stating Timberlake is the closest to MJ in terms of total package.
The Weeknd's voice is actually pretty close to MJ's and he can channel that MJ sound when he wants to because he likely grew up singing MJ constantly (similar is true of Timberlake I'd guess). But his content and the majority of his music is nothing like MJ's.
I voted The Weeknd simply because of the vocal similarities but put me in the camp stating Timberlake is the closest to MJ in terms of total package.
Nope
For those saying The Weeknd, I'll leave this here: https://vine.co/v/i7igmEjhUJT
Lol, I'd say Bruno.
Yeah, not to say that the Weeknd is at all mediocre, but definitely not.
And here's an acapella with him harmonizing and making a danceable song without any instrumentation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjWTdW2qdmc
Invincible had too many ballads, Blue Gangsta was one of the best that's on Xscape instead. More interesting and powerful vocals than Weeknd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR35GmlmCFQ
Didn't sound like MJ in that song but his swag matched micheals style
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